I know this site has been essentially dead for two weeks (thanks to our Anonymous Benefactor for getting us back online), but is it really necessary to overcompensate with a half-hour Deviant VidCast? Even with DSL, it's a 20-minute download!

Well, enjoy it. This week we feature:

• Aqua Teen Hunger Force
  
• Noam Chomsky
  
• Towelie
  
• MadTV
  
• The Shining
  
• Ministry
  
• and more!

Et Cetera

Saw A History of Violence this weekend with JB. My reaction? Meh. It does some things well, and for where it goes, it's a good ride. But it just doesn't go very far.

My beef with The Machinist was that -- unlike Fight Club and Usual Suspects and other movies with a warped-reality twist -- there was no other story to follow whilst trying to decipher the mystery. The same is true about History. In Cronenberg's best films, the violence is a means to discussing other things (technology, television). Here, though, it's just kinda there -- and unlike, say, La Haine, the story doesn't really delve deeper than: "What goes around comes around."

(Side note: Did you know they're planning to make another Fly?)

Still, Ed Harris and William Hurt give good performances (Vigo just sorta gawks the whole time).

TimeWaster™

UNICEF bombs the Smurfs? What the Smurf!? via MoFi. Watch the video.

Today I'm listening to: Zohar!